Not every preschool student is ready to sit through a long storybook—and that’s okay! In today’s episode of Caffeine & Caseloads: The SLP Life with The Pedi Speechie, I’m sharing my favorite quick, interactive books that are perfect for building prelinguistic and early linguistic communication skills. These books encourage imitation of sounds, actions, and exclamations, while keeping even your busiest little ones engaged.

📚 Books mentioned in this episode:

• No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli
• Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli
• Don’t Push the Button by Bill Cotter
• The Big Book of Exclamations
• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
• Peek-a-Who? by Nina Laden

✨ Looking for a resource that pairs perfectly with this episode? Check out my Imitating Sounds, Actions, and Core Vocabulary Interactive Book Bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers. It’s designed to target the same early skills highlighted in today’s book recommendations and gives you ready-to-use materials for your preschool sessions.

🎧 Tune in to learn how these short, engaging books can transform your sessions with early communicators.